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Post by heavyrebel on Oct 10, 2020 21:21:02 GMT -5
Hello everyone, I'm David Quick.
Thanks for having me in this group.
My Quicks came to North Carolina from Devon and Cornwall in the 1700's.
Thomas Quick was born in 1683 in Towednack and died in Virginia in 1724. He wife was Mary Cubert (1686-1741) of St. Ives. She died in Virginia as well.
I have some leads on his ancestors-- all from Devon and Cornwall-- going back to a John Quick in 1379.
My confusion is that many in the line are named Thomas, two of whom are listed as dying the same year 1611, another living 100 years.
I think some of the dates are suspect.
I don't know if anyone in this circle knows these names or can suggest the best course for a newbie.
Thanks!
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Post by Cornish Terrier on Oct 10, 2020 22:58:48 GMT -5
Hi David and Welcome to the site. Unfortunately I have to tell you that your information on Thomas Quick and Mary Cubert is not correct. :-( Thomas Quick was buried at St Ives, Cornwall 3rd October 1724 and on 7th March 1824 Administration of his estate was granted to his widow Mary. Mary Quick was buried at St Ives 29th November 1740. She left a Will which was proved at St Ives 8th May 1741 - she left the residue of her estate to her only daughter Mary. Mary Quick, daughter of Thomas and Mary, died in 1742 and was buried at St Ives 29th March 1742. Administration of her Estate was granted to her aunts Zenobia Hitchens and Prudence the wife of John Noal they being sisters of her father Thomas Quick. You do actually have the dates correct - only problem is that Thomas and Mary did not die in Virginia and their only child, daughter Mary, died at the age of 20 without having married. CT
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Post by heavyrebel on Oct 11, 2020 10:36:14 GMT -5
Thank you for that! I have the next Thomas Quick (their son?) as born in St. Ives 1702, then died in 1770 in NC. It doesn't make sense that a father and son would both emigrate to America but years apart. Are you saying Thomas and Mary only had a daughter? I'm trying to find the correct family line to pursue. Thank you for your reply!
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Post by Cornish Terrier on Oct 11, 2020 11:14:42 GMT -5
Yes, that is correct - Thomas Quick and Mary Cubert had just the one daughter as shown in my last post. I don't know where your information came from but I do think I have come across it before somewhere. I have never found evidence of any Quicks from Cornwall who emigrated to the US prior to the 1800s and I have been able to account for the bulk of them with parish records.
Here is a brief account of what I have about Thomas Quicks born or baptised in Cornwall inthe period 1692-1716:-
1692 St Ives Thomas son of John Quick (and Jane Morrish) baptised at St Ives and was buried at St Ives in 1701 1701 Gulval Thomas son of Thomas Quick (and Jane Jones) baptised at Gulval and buried at Gulva a couple of weeks later sometime after 1706 Thomas Quick son of Benedict Quick (and Prudence Varyan) - he married Jane Carnarthen at Lelant in 1732 and died at St Ives in 1767 leaving a Will. about 1706 Thomas Quick son of Henry Quick (and Jane Quick) born at Towednack and buried at Ludgvan, Cornwall in 1727. 1716 Thomas Quick son of John Quick (and Ann Vibert) born at Zennor - he married Elizabeth Stevens at Zennor in 1746 and died at Zennor in 1799 also leaving a Will.
Those are all the Thomas Quicks for that period in Cornwall.
But I had another thought that may be of some help - there is a book called 'Emigrants in Bondage, 1614-1775' written by Peter Wilson Coldham and another by the same author called 'More Emigrants in Bondage, 1614-1775'. You can access details from these books on Ancestry.com
I have just checked the index of the first book and it lists 10 Quicks although it does not indicate where they were from. Among those there are two Thomas Quicks:-
Quick, Thomas. Rebel T 1685 Quick, Thomas. S Jly 1718 to be T to Va. De.
In the firs case I am not sure what is meant by 'Rebel' but 'T 1685' indicates he was transported in 1685 but his destination not known. The second man was transported to Virginia and his origin was Devo (De.)
At a guess I should think it was the Thomas from Devon who might be the man you are looking for.
CT
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Post by heavyrebel on Oct 11, 2020 11:37:56 GMT -5
Mary didn't outlive her mother by much.
Given my known family history, it makes sense to search Bondage records for signs of my kin.
Thank you again for all this information!
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Post by Cornish Terrier on Oct 11, 2020 17:26:11 GMT -5
From what I understand so far of what you have written I think the Devon line is more likely for you. The Thomas Quick of 1718 (btw the S Jly 1718 is when he was sentenced) must be a good candidate based on your information and there were many more Quicks in Devon prior to that than there were in Cornwall.
CT
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Post by trencrom on Oct 14, 2020 11:59:54 GMT -5
I have just checked the index of the first book and it lists 10 Quicks although it does not indicate where they were from. Among those there are two Thomas Quicks:- Quick, Thomas. Rebel T 1685 Quick, Thomas. S Jly 1718 to be T to Va. De. In the firs case I am not sure what is meant by 'Rebel' but 'T 1685' indicates he was transported in 1685 but his destination not known. CT Given the year and the description of "rebel", I would say that he was a part -- or held to be a part -- of the rebellion of the Duke of Monmouth in that year against the then new king James II. The rebellion took place in the West Country and was soon crushed. The subsequent Bloody Assizes led by Judge Jeffreys and held in various places including Exeter, Taunton and Winchester sentenced many of the Duke's followers to death with others being sentenced to transportation. Trencrom
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